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rings of Saturn
(redirected from Keeler Gap)

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rings of Saturn [′riŋz əv ′säd·ərn]
(astronomy)
Circular rings that encircle the planet Saturn at its equator; there are four main regions to the ring system; theory and observations indicate that the rings are composed of separate particles which move independently in the four series of circular coplanar orbits.


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NEW MOON--The Cassini spacecraft recently confirmed the existence of a 7-kilometer-wide moon, provisionally named S/2005 S1 (arrow), in a section of the outer part of the A ring known as the Keeler gap.
Although the moon is only 7 kilometers across, it has enough gravity to scallop the edges of what's known as the Keeler gap in the A ring, the outermost of the planet's bright main rings.
 
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